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26′ Gentlemen’s Racer “Biscayne Baby” Bill Robbins May 21, 2019 Owners Story Building My Dream Boat During the time I was restoring Sparkle, a 22’ Chris-Craft Utility, the thought kept nagging me “boy, it would be so much easier to build a boat from scratch”. With that thought in mind in the fall of 2013…

Meet Our “Tech Talk” Author Bill Hancock BIO From Mopar Hall of Fame One of Chrysler’s premier racing engineers, Bill worked for Chrysler Corporation for just over ten years, perhaps most importantly on their aero war NASCAR program. Bill grew up in Virginia racing cars. He went to Vanderbilt, where he got a degree in…

Are you ready for a Really Big Blast?! Come on down to the St. Johns River Cruise and Sunnyland Festival!! As reported in the Nov. 30, ACBS Weekly Web Watch, the city of Tavares is hard at work on the dock situation.

Every year we are asked the same question in regards to the success of our Sunnyland Boat show. Many people ask how we do it and the answer is “We have great volunteers”. Many of the volunteers are boat show participants and they check a block on the registration form when they register for the…

Mr. John Hough John lives with his wife Karen in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. They moved there 25 years ago from the New Jersey suburbs of Philadelphia. They have three children, two grandchildren, two dogs and two grand puppies. John is a semi-retired attorney, concentrating his practice in Wills, Trusts and Estates. John has served…

Sunnyland President Joe Coleman After a childhood as a Navy dependent moving back and forth across the country at least a dozen times, Joe Coleman finally settled in Jacksonville in 1975. He had his own marine construction company before beginning a 26-year career in facilities and construction management with Jacksonville University and the City of…

In Memory Of Mr Robin Parker Mr. Gordon Millar We are sadden to report the lose of two long time Sunnyland members, who contributed countless hours of their time volunteering in our chapter. Robin, was a long time volunteer in our flea market at our boat festival. Robin was a go to person at the…

SUNNYLAND 2018 ANNUAL MEETING AND BANQUET Mount Dora Yacht Club It was a beautiful weekend for our Annual Meeting and Banquet in Mount Dora. The weekend started on Friday afternoon with a boat repair clinic at the Old Time Boat Company hosted by Ingrid, Gary and Doug Sherb. Doug and Gary explained some of…

FESTIVAL OF SPEED Ritz Carlton Orlando, Grande Lakes Show Date: December 2, 2018 The 2017 Sunnyland Crew FESTIVALS OF SPEED has once again invited our Sunnyland ACBS members to show their boats at the Ritz Carlton Orlando, Grande Lakes on December 2nd, 2018. We all had a great time last year and we won some really…